Brief Life History of Bessie Lucille
When Bessie Lucille Standish was born about 1903, in Stockbridge, Stockbridge Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States, her father, Anson K. Standish, was 34 and her mother, Ettie Longstreet, was 32. She married Francis Dewey Townsend on 9 September 1922, in Stockbridge, Stockbridge Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States. She lived in Ingham, Michigan, United States in 1920 and Lansing, New Hope, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 11 February 1988, in Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States, at the age of 86.
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Sources (8)
- Lucile Standish in household of Anson Standish, "United States Census, 1920"
- Bessie L Townsend, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Lucille Thompson, "Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
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1903 · Ford Motor Company
Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car "Sweepstakes" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name from Standish (Lancashire, now part of Greater Manchester), from Old English stān ‘stone, rock’ + edisc ‘enclosure, enclosed park’. Standish (Gloucestershire) does not appear to have contributed towards the surname.
History: Myles Standish (c. 1584–1656) was a soldier of fortune, from 1620 captain of the Mayflower Pilgrims at Plymouth Colony. Little is known of his origins and early life, but in his will he claimed to be descended from a leading Catholic family, the Standishes of Standish, Lancashire, England. He also claimed to have been deprived of his inheritance, a claim not confirmed.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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